Knowing Our Numbers
NCERT Ex 1.2 Solutions
CBSE Class 6 Maths
Q1. A book exhibition was held for four days in a school. The number of tickets sold at the counter on the first, second, third and final day was respectively 1094, 1812, 2050 and 2751. Find the total number of tickets sold on all the four days.
Answer:
Number of tickets sold on first day = 1,094
Number of tickets sold on second day = 1,812
Number of tickets sold on third day = 2,050
Number of tickets sold on fourth day = 2,751
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Total tickets sold = 7,707
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∴ 7,707 tickets were sold on all the four days.
Q2: Shekhar is a famous cricket player. He has so far scored 6980 runs in test matches. He wishes to complete 10,000 runs. How many more runs does he need?
Answer:
Runs to achieve = 10,000
Runs scored = – 6,980
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Runs required = 3,020
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∴ he needs 3,020 more runs.